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BREW-FDROIDSERVER-CVE-20… (GHSA-29GW-9793-FVW7)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:46 – Updated: 2026-09-10 19:12 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title
Details

IPython provides an interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel to use Python interactively. Versions prior to 8.10.0 are vulnerable to command injection in the set_term_title function under specific conditions. This has been patched in version 8.10.0.

Impact

Users are only vulnerable when calling this function in Windows in a Python environment where ctypes is not available. The dependency on ctypes in IPython.utils._process_win32 prevents the vulnerable code from ever being reached (making it effectively dead code). However, as a library that could be used by another tool, set_term_title could introduce a vulnerability for dependencies. Currently set_term_title is only called with (semi-)trusted input that contain the current working directory of the current IPython session. If an attacker can control directory names, and manage to get a user to cd into this directory, then the attacker can execute arbitrary commands contained in the folder names.

Severity
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "ipython",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/ipython@9.17.1",
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    "source": "matched",
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  },
  "details": "IPython provides an interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel to use Python interactively. Versions prior to 8.10.0 are vulnerable to command injection in the `set_term_title` [function](https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117) under specific conditions. This has been patched in version 8.10.0.\n\n### Impact \nUsers are only vulnerable when calling this function in Windows in a Python environment where [ctypes](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html) is not available. The dependency on ctypes in `IPython.utils._process_win32` prevents the vulnerable code from ever being reached (making it effectively dead code). However, as a library that could be used by another tool, `set_term_title` could introduce a vulnerability for dependencies. Currently `set_term_title` is only called with (semi-)trusted input that contain the current working directory of the current IPython session. If an attacker can control directory names, and manage to get a user to `cd` into this directory, then the attacker can execute arbitrary commands contained in the folder names.",
  "id": "BREW-fdroidserver-CVE-2023-24816",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T19:12:43Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:46:32Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/385d69325319a5972ee9b5983638e3617f21cb1f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/991849c247fc208628879e7ca2923b3c218a5a75"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Carreau/ipython/blob/7557ade0ed927475d5ab5b573d0ea4febfb22683/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst#ipython-810"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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  "summary": "IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7",
    "CVE-2023-24816",
    "PYSEC-2023-17"
  ]
}



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